Which strikers would u take over Joanna Champion?

GSP · Post #1 » by **GSP** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:04 am

Just watched her fight beyond impressed, her technique, feints and setups are phenomenal. Her kicks are even better than her punches she will be more comfortable going forward shes still only 3yrs in this game, her grappling and Tdd will improve. Her muay thai is fantastic, she can counter and goes to the body extremely well and can pressure forward with the best of them, her defensive footwork is very good. Her clinch striking is awesome, vicious elbows off breaks i think Matt Brown is the only muay thai stylist thats better. She uses teeps better than anyone i think. Shes by far the best female striker and the most impressive female overall IMO. For just strikers shes maybe the only in the conversation with the men . Consider offense AND defense

i would take

Aldo
Conor
Lyoto
Robbie
Rumble
Mendes
Thomas Almeida
Dillashaw

maybe Holloway after the Cub starching and Rda as well

and i think thats it. Pettis has too many holes defensively, he gets caught against the cage too much and his boxing is much worse than Joannas even though hes the best kicker in Mma. Jds is just a puncher outside the anomaly Hunt wheel kick. His defensive footwork is godawful and he cant throw combinations or counter great. Gus has too many defensive holes. I love Donald but his boxing is awful, his punch defense is some of the worst in Mma, same with Condit (but Condits technique isnt on her level anyways and his defense just isnt good)

Jasen777 · Post #2 » by **Jasen777** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:22 am

It's hard to say given her competition. Esperza's striking isn't very good, and she schooled Penne standing on TUF (Penne's standup is abysmal).

cowboyronnie · Post #3 » by **cowboyronnie** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:48 am

she's really good, explosive and fast and technical. she's not doing what TJ Dillashaw or Dominick Cruz are doing, not even close...there's a level of sophistication and craft that's can't compare. she doesn't need to use angles or counters or timing like they do, she can just be a come-forward, offensive machine...her level of competition isn't a 1000th as challenging. you would get destroyed as a male in MMA in 2015 just being a come-forward MT fighter, no matter how technical and tight and explosive.